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Matthew Hays (The Guardian) Watching the bizarre Republican race for the presidential nomination leads to a strange realization: it’s even more bizarre than the last one. So far, this one is completely dominated by New…

Daniel Tencer (The Huffington Post): The government of Ontario is planning to launch a pilot project to test out a guaranteed basic income. What that pilot project will look like, and what it will cost, is…

Simona Chiose (The Globe and Mail): Changes in student aid unveiled in the Ontario budget are the most radical shift in decades in how the province delivers loans and grants to college and university students,…

The Canadian Press: Toronto’s Pride organizers say Justin Trudeau will become the first prime minister to participate in the festivities. Trudeau is expected to march in the parade on July 3. The city’s first-ever Pride Month…

The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says the Liberal government does not necessarily approve of Canada’s sale of $15 billion worth of light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, a country with a dismal…

Antonia Zerbisias (Al Jazeera): For two decades, but most especially since 2006 when the Stephen Harper Conservatives came to power, Canada has been betting on bitumen. That despite warnings that Harper’s “energy super power” ambitions were…

Paul McLeod (BuzzFeed News): The Canadian Parliament is on course to “condemn any and all attempts” by Canadian groups to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The motion to condemn BDS was put forward…

CBC News: All refugee health care benefits will be fully restored to pre-2012 levels by April 1, Canada’s Liberal government announced Thursday. Refugees from any country of origin will be covered once again, following several…